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1. Add MS 14056

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Add MS 14056
Title:
Three Mamluk treatises on horsemanship
Scope & Content:
(1) Anonymous collection of lance drills (ff. 1v-10v); (2) Fragment of anonymous treatise on the arts of the lance (ff. 11r-18v); (3) Kitāb fī ‘ilm al-bayṭarah (كتاب في علم البيطرة; ff. 19r-123v).
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
870
Extent:

Codex; ff. vi+124+vi

2. Add MS 14056, ff 1v-10v

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Add MS 14056, ff 1v-10v
Title:
Anonymous collection of lance drills
Scope & Content:
Collection of instructions for military drills for lancers. Each set of instructions for a drill is called a band (بند, pl. بنود). The fragment contains 26 bunūd most of which are attributed to companions of the Prophet. Although no title or author of the fragment is specified, it is probable th...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
870
Extent:

Ff. 1v-10v

3. Add MS 14056, ff 19r-123v

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Add MS 14056, ff 19r-123v
Title:
Kitāb fī ‘ilm al-bayṭarah كتاب في علم البيطرة
Scope & Content:
Treatise on horses compiled from the works of the Mamluk Amīr al-Sayfī Yashbak al-Faqīh al-Malikī al-Ashrafī (السيفي يشبك الفقيه الملكي الأشرفي, fl. ca 1450) and Abū Bakr al-Bayṭār (أبو بكر البيطار, for both of these names see title page, f. 19v, transcribed below). The second named authority is...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
2 Dhū al-Qa‘dah 870
Extent:

Ff. 19r-123v

4. Add MS 14056, ff 11r-18v

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Add MS 14056, ff 11r-18v
Title:
Fragment of an anonymous treatise on the arts of the lance
Scope & Content:
Fragment of an anonymous treatise on the arts of the lance. The text is defective at beginning and end, starting abruptly in Chapter 1 (باب الأول) and ending just after the chapter heading for Chapter 7 (الباب السابع). Contents: Chapter 1 (ff 11r-13v, defective at beginning); Chapter 2: Strateg...
Collection Area:
Oriental Manuscripts
Languages:
Arabic
Date Range:
870
Extent:

Ff. 11r-18v

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